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View definitions for up-rising

up-rising

adjective as in uphill

noun as in insurrection

noun as in mutiny

noun as in sedition

noun as in uprising

verb as in turn out

adjective as in uphill

noun as in insurrection

noun as in mutiny

noun as in sedition

noun as in uprising

verb as in turn out

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Example Sentences

Both parties are drumming up rising gas prices as a political issue when they are barely changed from a year ago.

After a few evenings, they seemed to give up rising altogether.

It may have been minutes, it seemed to Emmy Lou hours, before there came a general up-rising.

His down-going and up-rising were greeted with shouts of laughter, in which he good-naturedly joined.

Nor does the flow extend far inland, which would be the case if there were up-rising currents.

Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thought afar off.

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On this page you'll find 593 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to up-rising, such as: skyward, ascending, climbing, mounting, rising, and uprising.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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